Daedric Shrines

Daedric shrines can be found sprinkled throughout the land. There are 15 of them and each requires you to be on a certain level to begin the quest. You can find most of the shrines through talking to specific people in nearby towns, but others must be happened upon by chance. When you find a shrine, talk to the worshippers to learn what makes this particular demon tick. You'll have to persuade the followers until they like you enough to get them to tell you about what offering to make. Once you know it, simply walk up to the statue and activate it with that item in your inventory to make the offering. When you do, the statue will speak to you and give you a quest, usually of the particularly evil sort. Completing these quests gives you some of the best equipment in the game. They are definitely worth doing.